Pre Conference Workshops:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with PTSD
Sonja Batten

Interpersonal and Emotional Processing Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Tom Borkovec

Working with Flashbacks Linked to Type I and Type II Trauma
Helen Kennerley and Deborah Lee

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Prevention of Relapse in Major Depression
Mark Lau

Anger Assessment and Treatment
Raymond Novaco

Difficult to Treat? Not Any More: Advances in the Treatment of Primary Obsessions and the Fear of Contamination
Rachman, Radomsky & Shafran

CBT for OCD and Health Anxiety (Hypochondriasis): Helping the Patient to Choose to Change is the Ultimate Transdiagnostic Process
Paul Salkovskis

   Keynote Addresses:

Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: From Science to Practice
Professor David M Clark, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK
Chair: Arnoud Arntz, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

From Conditioned Reflexes to Catastrophic Cognitions: An Evaluative History of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Professor S. J. Rachman, University of British Columbia, Canada
Chair: Marcel van den Hout, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

Twenty Obsessional Years, Compulsive Research with a Few Doubts Feels Just Right
Professor Paul Salkovskis
, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK
Chair: Christine Purdon, University of Waterloo, Canada

   Symposia information:

 

New Advances in Understanding the Psychopathology of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Convenor:      Adam Radomsky, Concordia University, Canada & Christine Purdon, University of Waterloo, Canada

Chair:           Christine Purdon, University of Waterloo, Canada 

Discussant:    Marcel van den Hout, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

 

9.00                 Reassurance seeking in OCD: Are we really sure that it’s important?

Osamu Kobori, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK 

 

9.25                 Re-examining the intersection of OCD and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Laura J. Summerfeldt, Trent University, Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre, St. Joseph's Hospital & McMaster University, Canada

 

10.10               Experimental manipulation of cognitive factors associated with reassurance seeking in OCD. Adam Radomsky, Concordia University, Canada

 

10.35               Discussion

 

 

Buddhism, Jealousy, OCD, Trauma, Eating Disorders and Training: A Symposium in Honour of Padmal de Silva

This symposium in honour of Padmal de Silva, acknowledges his extraordinary scholarship, brilliant scientific and clinical contributions, and the unsurpassed breadth of his expertise. Padmal was an expert in: obsessive-compulsive disorders, eating disorders, sexual disorders, morbid jealousy, post-traumatic disorders, and Buddhism... and also found the time to be Clinical Psychology Examiner to the Nation.

Padmal was an extremely kind, gentle, compassionate, modest and humorous person. His famous chuckle was contagious. Many many people miss his presence.

 

Convenor:      Roz Shafran, University of Reading, UK & Paul Salkovskis, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK

Chair:           William Yule, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK

Discussant:    S. J. Rachman, University of British Columbia, Canada 1

 

13.30               Padmal da Silva’s writings on Buddhism and behaviour modification and current developments in the use of MBCT in depression T horsten Barnhofer, University of Oxford, UK

 

13.55               Normal and abnormal thoughts, images and behaviour associated with clinical perfectionism R oz Shafran, University of Reading, UK

 

14.20               Obsessive-compulsive beliefs and magical ideation in eating disorders Anna Lavender, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK, Paul Salkovskis, Institute of Psychiatry.

 

 

 

Treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Context of Civil War and Terror

Convenor & Chair: Rachel Handley, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK

 

9.00                 Group based CBT for children and adolescents affected by war

William Yule, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK

 

9.25                 Narrative exposure therapy as treatment for survivors of war and torture: The evidence

Frank Neuner, University of Konstanz, Germany

 

9.50                 Coffee

 

10.10               The application of cognitive therapy for PTSD linked to terrorism and other civil conflict in Northern Ireland

Michael Duffy, University of Ulster, UK

 

10.35               Mental health response after the London bombings: The screen and treat approach

Peter Scragg, Nika Fuchkan & Zoë Huntley, University College London, UK

 

11.00               Discussion

 

 

New Developments in Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Convenor:      Christine Purdon, University of Waterloo, Canada & Adam Radomsky, Concordia University, Canada

Chair:           Adam Radomsky, Concordia University, Canada

Discussant:    S. Rachman, University of British Columbia, Canada

 

9.00                 Augmentation of behavior therapy with D-Cycloserine for obsessive compulsive disorder

Sabine Wilhelm, Harvard Medical School, USA

 

9.25                 Buried in treasures: Cognitive-behavioral therapy for compulsive hoarding

David F. Tolin, The Institute of Living, Hartford, CT, USA

 

9.50                 Coffee

 

10.10               Does the presence of OCD symptoms predict differential treatment response in a sample of anxious youth?”

Philip C. Kendall, Temple University, USA

 

10.35               Treatment ambivalence in OCD

Shannon Gifford, Parkwood Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital, Canada

 

 

Worry, Rumination and Generalised Anxiety Disorder

‘This symposium is of work that has been inspired by research originally conducted by Professor Tom Borkovec and it has been put together to mark his distinguished career as a scientist and clinician.’

Convenor:      Colette Hirsch, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK 

Chair:           Colette Hirsch, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK

Discussant:    Andrew Mathews, University of California, USA

 

9.00                 Overgenerality and abstractness of worrying as maintenance factor for anxiety

Pierre Philippot, University of Louvain, Belgium

 

9.20                 Negative repetitive thought: Common elements within worry and rumination

Edward Watkins, University of Exeter, UK

 

9.40                 Looking on the bright side: facilitating more benign interpretations reduces negative thought intrusions in high worriers and clients with generalised anxiety disorder

Colette Hirsch, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK

 

10.20               Symptom change profiles in anxious clients receiving either cognitive-behavioural therapy or applied relaxation

Michel J. Dugas, Concordia University, Canada

 

10.40               Discussion

 

10.20               Symptom change profiles in anxious clients receiving either cognitive-behavioural therapy or applied relaxation

Michel J. Dugas, Concordia University, Canada

 

Discussion

 

Factors which Predict Outcome in Treatment in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Convenor & Chair: Lynne Drummond, St George's, University of London, UK

 

13.30               Attitudes to obsessive-compulsive disorder and its treatment in severe, chronic, resistant OCD

Katherine Morton, Sussex Partnership NHS Trust, UK

 

13.55               The impact of sleep on the outcome of obsessive compulsive disorder

Shashi Rani, South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust, UK

 

14.20               Coffee

 

14.40               Treatment factors which may predict outcome examining intensive community treatment and inpatient regime

Anusha Pillay, South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust, UK

 

15.05               Demographic factors which may influence the outcome of OCD

William Boland, Surrey and Borders Mental Health NHS Trust, UK

 

15.30               Discussion

 

 

 

Intrusions, PTSD and Bipolar Disorder

Chair:           Michelle Moulds, University of New South Wales, Australia

 

9.00                 Intrusive Memories and Bipolar Disorder

James Gregory, University College London, UK

 

9.20                 A Memory Test can Reduce Intrusive Images after an Aversive Film

Julie Krans, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen

 

9.40                 Coffee

 

10.00               Does Personality Influence the Development of PTSD After Road Traffic Accidents? A Prospective Study

Inga Boellinghaus, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK

 

10.40               Posttraumatic Growth: A Construct in Need of Development? Alia Sheikh, Newcastle University, UK